State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: California vs Missouri
Music Directors and Composers in California earn a median of $93,090. In Missouri, $61,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.8% — not 50.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+50.9%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+23.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $93,090
- p25
- $66,810
- p75
- $126,430
- p10
- $48,600
- p90
- $175,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
Missouri
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $61,670
- p25
- $48,030
- p75
- $82,030
- p10
- $44,990
- p90
- $113,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.